David Heath

Obviously, the franchise's success mostly comes down to the stellar and satisfying combat, along with NetherRealm's willingness to take risks and revamp things when they start to get stale (to not always great results). However, Mortal Kombat's characters deserve a lot of love as well, especially since a few of them have been around for decades by this point. In celebration of MK2's release, let's highlight the greatest MK characters of all time. 30 Ashrah Debut: Mortal Kombat: Deception.

The PlayStation revolutionized the face of gaming through its exploration of 3D graphics and the simple fact that it served as competition against Nintendo. Then it was succeeded by the PlayStation 2, which is still the best-selling console of all time, an absurd feat considering gaming was not as mainstream as it is today. The console's initial success can be credited to a few things, like its DVD functionality, but its enduring legacy is almost entirely because of its library.

Buyer’s remorse: everyone’s gone through it. Plenty of people have either taken a chance on a new game — or got it as a present — because it looked like it’d be up their alley; then they play it, and it turns out to be a street in a completely different town to their tastes. Or, perhaps just as bad, a shorter journey than they thought it’d be. Either way, it becomes a loss for the buyer, especially if they didn’t have the receipt.